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PLEXTALK PTN2 User's Guide

1. 78 81 System properties 76 Text to speech TTS 32 93 Time jump 30 Tone 18 29 41 Track 61 Trouble shooting 85 88 USB 19 23 44 93 Waiting sound 34 Wave file 59 93
2. Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the Media Management option and select it by pressing the Enter key or the Number 8 key Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the Media and title Information option and select it by pressing the Enter key or the Number 8 key PLEXTALK will announce the type of media the free space of media the used space on the media the total size of the media the information on the current item and its size In the case of SD cards it will also state if the card is locked or not 45 When you have noted the relevant information press the Enter key to exit the menu system Note Some of the information may not be spoken depending on the status of your SD card USB media or CD For example if you have inserted a finalised CD because there is no available space on the disc this information will not be given 10 12 Fast forward or fast rewind The fast rewind and fast forward features use the Rewind key and Fast Forward key either side of the Enter key To fast rewind press and hold down the Rewind key Playback will start when you release the key To fast forward press and hold down the Fast Forward key Playback will start when you release the key When you play a DAISY book with audio or Audio file as you hold down the Rewind or Fast Forward key the fast rewind or fast forward will skip 1 minute 5 minutes 10 minutes 20 minutes and so on If the key is released before
3. 10 5 Changing the playback speed There are 11 speed settings ranging from 2 to 8 which can be adjusted 1 level at a time The normal speed is at the 0 position 2 is half of the normal speed 4 is double speed and 8 is triple speed To increase the playback speed press the Speed up key If PLEXTALK is not playing the guide will announce the setting you have selected for example Speed 2 If PLEXTALK is playing playback will be temporarily halted as you make your adjustments To decrease the playback speed press the Speed down key If PLEXTALK is not playing the guide will announce the setting you have selected for example Speed 1 If PLEXTALK is playing playback will be temporarily halted as you make your adjustments Note Each time you make an adjustment a beep will be heard A higher pitched beep indicates the top or bottom of the available range and a lower pitched beep indicates the normal speed position 41 Note Pressing and holding the Speed up key or down key will cause the speed setting to change rapidly in the selected direction This saves you having to repeatedly press the key Note Pressing the Speed up key and down key together will lead to normal speed position 10 6 Changing the audio tone There are 13 tone settings ranging from 6 to 6 which can be adjusted 1 level at a time The default setting is in the middle of the range and is termed the normal position Moving from the bot
4. 16 5 4 Description of the unit 16 5 5 Inserting the battery 20 5 6 Charging PLEXTALK 21 5 7 Maintenance and battery care 21 5 8 Turning PLEXTALK on and off 22 5 9 Key Describer function 23 5 10 Inserting and ejecting SD card USB memory and CD 23 6 Introduction to the menu system 25 6 1 Overview of the menu and its operation 25 6 2 Accessing and navigating the menu 26 6 3 Getting help when in the menu system 27 7 Quick start instructions 27 7 1 Basic control of the unit 27 7 2 Playing DAISY titles 29 8 Setting up your PLEXTALK 31 8 1 Setting up the text to speech options 31 8 2 Setting the date and time 33 8 3 Selecting a preferred wait
5. Guide voice Gives spoken information about the current operation Provides key descriptions in Key Describer mode Speaks menu items 81 Gives help information press the Information key Search function DAISY book Heading Group Page Phrase Bookmark Audio Album Track Bookmark Text file Paragraph Sentence Word Character Bookmark HTML file Level Paragraph Sentence Word Character Bookmark Volume adjustment 0 to 25 in increments of 1 Guide volume adjustment 5 to 5 in increments of 1 Play speed adjustment 11 settings from 2 through 0 to 8 in increments of 1 Normal speed is at 0 2 is 0 5 times speed 4 is double speed 8 triple speed Tone adjustment 13 settings from 6 through 0 to 6 in increments of 1 Normal tone is at 0 Memory function Bookmarks maximum is 10000 Battery specifications Type Ni MH Dimensions Length 53 64 mm Width 56 68 mm Height 29 00 mm Capacity 1800 mAh 82 Charging time 4 hours approximately Operating time DAISY format CD playing 5 hours Music CD CD DA format CD playing 2 hours DAISY format SD card playing 8 hours Note All times are approximate Note The charging time and operating time vary depending on the ambient temperature and working conditions Copyright information about Ogg Vorbis This software is provided by the copyright holders and contributors as is and any express or implied warranties including but not
6. Title information Audio Power information power source battery level System properties system version serial number 12 5 Track navigation Navigating to tracks is very similar to page navigation You can either go to tracks direct or you can move through the available tracks one at a time Tracks are numbered sequentially from the start of the album To go direct to a specified track do the following Press the GoTo key once The guide speech will say Go to track Using the Number Pad type in the number of the track you wish to go to Press the Enter key to confirm or the Cancel key to clear your entry When you have entered a valid track number and pressed the Enter key PLEXTALK will switch to the track you selected and playback will start automatically If you have entered an invalid track number the guide speech will announce an error message To navigate tracks sequentially do the following Use the Number 2 or 8 key to go to the Track option on the Navigation Menu Press the Number 4 key to move backwards to the previous track PLEXTALK will move back to the previous track and playback will start automatically If there is no previous track PLEXTALK will go to the beginning and say Beginning of album Press the Number 6 key to move forward to the next track PLEXTALK will move forward to the next track and playback 62 will start automatically If there
7. limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed In no event shall the foundation or contributors be liable for any direct indirect incidental special exemplary or consequential damages including but not limited to procurement of substitute goods or services loss of use data or profits or business interruption however caused and on any theory of liability whether in contract strict liability or tort including negligence or otherwise arising in any way out of the use of this software even if advised of the possibility of such damage 83 Appendix B Menu hierarchy This appendix lists all menu items in the Main Menu along with their corresponding sub menu hierarchy In order to help you quickly find items when using the electronic file versions of this User s Guide the following convention has been used Main menu items start a new paragraph are written in block capitals and are formatted as Heading3 style They all have a colon at the end of the line they appear on They are justified to the left margin Sub menu items are written with an initial capital and are formatted in normal style They are prefixed with a plus sign They are indented once from the left margin Third level menu items are written with an initial capital and are formatted as normal style They have no prefixed symbol They are indented twice from the left margin P
8. option and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the Delete selected title option and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key 70 PLEXTALK will then ask you to confirm that you wish to proceed Press the Enter key to confirm or the Cancel key to abort Note The titles on the optical disc can not be deleted 14 3 General backup information Before backing up any data the following points should be noted When back up data from a media to the other media the former is called source media and the latter is called target media You can backup a variety of data from CD to other media CD drive can only be used as a source for backup purposes If you backup from a Music CD you can choose the audio compression to be used It will be backed up as Audio Files and not in DAISY format In the back up process PLEXTALK gives a verbal warning if there is insufficient space available on the target media 14 4 Backing up DAISY titles This section describes how to backup DAISY titles from a media to other media 14 4 1 Backup a DAISY title from a CD to other media To backup a DAISY title from CD to other media do the following If you backup a title to SD card or USB media insert SD card or USB media with sufficient free space Ensure that SD card is unlocked Insert the source CD into the CD slot 71 Navigate
9. Appendix A Main specifications Note Shinano Kenshi reserves the right to modify the products specification at any time without prior notice This section details the main specifications for the PLEXTALK PTN2 General specifications CD Loading system Slot insertion Compatible CDs 12cm diameter CD CD R and CD RW discs PLEXTALK is only compatible with round 12cm CDs 8cm CD and irregularly shaped CDs such as the business card type will cause a malfunction and should not be used SD card slot SD SDHC card Playable contents Books conforming to DAISY 2 0 2 02 and 3 0 standards Audio files in MP3 AMR WB Ogg Vorbis and Wave PCM formats Music CDs CD DA Playable audio formats for DAISY books MP3 AMR WB DAISY ADPCM2 PCM Audio input and output Headphone terminal Stereo Built in speaker Monaural Externally connected terminal USB 2 0 80 Clock precision Approximately 60 seconds per month Electric Power Source AC adaptor AC 100 V to 240 V 50 or 60 Hz Dimensions and weight Length 219 mm Width 170 mm Height 56 mm Weight Approx 1300g Power consumption maximum 25W Working temperature and humidity Fahrenheit from 40 to 104 Celsius from 5 to 40 Humidity from 20 to 80 no moisture Audio features Headphones line output Compatible impedance 32 ohm unbalanced Jack 3 5mm diameter stereo mini jack Built In Speaker Output impedance 4 ohm Output 2 0W Main functions
10. PLEXTALK will move back to the previous page marker and playback will start automatically If there is no previous page PLEXTALK will go to the beginning and say Beginning of title Press the Number 6 key to move forwards to the next page PLEXTALK will move forwards to the next page marker and playback will start automatically If there is no next page PLEXTALK will go to the end and say End of title Note If there are no page markers in the title the Page option will not be listed on the Navigation Menu Note There are three kinds of page which are Normal Front and Special Front pages are those at the front of the book before the page numbering for the body of the book begins Special pages are those that are not front matter and which do not follow the sequential numbering system You cannot move directly to Front or Special pages using the GoTo key and can only navigate to them using the Number 4 or 6 keys after selecting the Page option on the Navigation menu 11 5 Group navigation Reminder A Group in the context of the PLEXTALK is a navigation feature which can be assigned by the person creating the title to 56 items of note throughout a DAISY title They are separate from other navigation features like headings and pages Groups can only be navigated sequentially PLEXTALK goes to all headings as well as groups To move backwards or forwards a group at a time do the following Use the Number 2
11. This will be called Level This differs from navigating in a DAISY title because all headings regardless of their level will be accessed through one entry on the Navigation Menu For example if an HTML file contains Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 headings there will only be a single option on the Navigation Menu called Level You will not be able to navigate by a specific level 68 To navigate by level do the following Use the Number 2 or 8 key to select the Level option on the Navigation Menu Use the Number 4 key to jump back in the file to the previous heading If you reach the start of the file PLEXTALK will say Beginning of title Use the Number 6 key to jump forward in the file to the next heading If you reach the end of the file PLEXTALK will say End of title 13 7 Playback mode When playing Text Files provided playback mode is Normal playback only Normal playback this option is the factory default setting It plays through the title and stops when finished PLEXTALK will say End of title Pressing the Play Stop key at this stage will start playback from the beginning again Repeat title the current title will repeat continuously until playback is stopped In order to select a playback mode do the following Press the Menu key once to access the Main Menu Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the Playback Setting option and select it by pressing the Enter key
12. Title has been selected Please select another title Possible cause There is no media in the source location Solution Insert either an SD card a USB media or a CD with appropriate content Then select a title with the Previous Title key or Next Title key Guide voice Heading does not exist Possible cause The specified heading does not exist in the DAISY title Solution 1 Press the Information key to get heading information and then press the GoTo key twice and try entering a valid heading number Solution 2 Select the navigation level with the Number 2 or 8 key and then move back or forward with the Number 4 or 6 key Guide voice Bookmark does not exist Possible cause There are no bookmarks or the specified bookmark does not exist Solution 1 Press the Bookmark key once and enter a valid bookmark number 88 Solution 2 Select Bookmark with the Number 2 or 8 key and then move back or forward with the Number 4 or 6 key Guide voice Read error Possible cause Title cannot be played back Solution Press the Previous Title key or Next Title key to try to select a different title or switch the media including a different title Errors during music CD or audio file CD playback Guide voice Number xx does not exist When trying to navigate to a numbered album Possible cause There is only one album or the specified album does not exist in the Audio File media Solution 1 Press the GoTo key twice and enter
13. a time To go direct to a specified album do the following 63 Press the GoTo key twice The guide speech will say Go to album Using the Numeric Pad type in the number of the album you wish to go to Press the Enter key to confirm or the Cancel key to clear your entry When you have entered a valid album number and pressed the Enter key PLEXTALK will switch to the album you selected and playback will start automatically If you have entered an invalid album number the guide speech will announce an error message To navigate albums sequentially do the following Press the Number 2 or 8 key and select Album from the Navigation Menu Press the Number 4 key to move backwards to the previous album PLEXTALK will move back to the previous album announce the album number and then start playback automatically Press the Number 6 key to move forward to the next album PLEXTALK will move forward to the next album announce the album number and start playback automatically 12 8 Selecting a playback mode When playing Audio Files you can select a number of different playback modes The available options are as follows Normal playback this option is the factory default setting It plays through the current album and stops when finished PLEXTALK will say End of album Pressing the Play Stop key at this stage will start playback from the beginning of the album again Repeat trac
14. below 18 Number 2 Arrow Up or Cancel Number 4 Arrow Left or Move Back Number 6 Arrow Right or Move Forward Number 8 Arrow Down or Enter Number 9 Backup files or Move files Star Undo Hash Redo Underneath the Number key is the row of 3 keys The two outside keys are semi circular in shape The centre key is rectangular in shape and has a distinctive recessed top surface for easy location From left to right the names and the uses of these three keys are as follows Rewind key Back or Fast Rewind if held Play Stop key Play Stop Fast Forward key forward or Fast Forward if held Above the Number key is the row of 3 keys The two outside keys are vertically long ellipse in shape and the centre key is larger ellipse in shape They are divided into the top and the bottom at the centre From left to right the names of these keys are as follows Tone key the upper side is called Tone up key the lower side is called Tone down key Volume key the upper side is called Volume up key the lower side is called Volume down key Speed key the upper side is called Speed up key the lower side is called Speed down key The last group of keys on the top surface is the 5 keys on the right hand side The key which is located in immediate right of the Number 3 or 6 key is the Information key It is ellipse in shape The key which is located immediately to the right of the Fast F
15. column of 4 keys on the left side a rectangular block of 12 keys in the centre a row of 3 keys below the rectangular block a row of 3 keys above the rectangular block and a column of 5 keys on the right side In the column of four keys on the left side the top key is an ellipse shaped key and the bottom key is a triangle shaped key The remaining two keys in the centre are diamond shaped keys From top to bottom the four keys are Menu key used to access the Main Menu Bookshelf key used to switch media GoTo key used for page and heading navigation Bookmark key used for bookmark navigation insertion and deletion The rectangular block of 12 black keys is generally called the Number key and is located at the centre of the top surface It is laid out exactly like a push button telephone keypad with 4 rows of 3 keys The first row has numbers 1 2 and 3 The second row has numbers 4 5 and 6 The third row has numbers 7 8 and 9 and the fourth row has the Star key Number 0 key and the Hash key The number 5 key has a small raised dot on it to help you locate it The Hash key which is located at the bottom right of the Number Pad is used for confirming so it will be called the Enter key throughout this guide Similarly the Star key which is located at the bottom left of the Number key is used to cancel and will be called the Cancel key Some of the keys have secondary functions and these are listed
16. differences 13 1 Getting text file information 65 To get information about the current Text File whether PLEXTALK is playing or not do the following Press the Information key once A range of information will be spoken See below for details If you do not wish to listen to all the information and wish to step through individual items more quickly you can do this by repeatedly pressing the Information key If you have heard what you want to hear you can stop the spoken information by pressing the Enter key When using a Text File you will hear the following items Title information Current position expressed as a percentage Bookmark information Power information power source battery level System properties system version serial number 13 2 Differences between plain text and HTML files Although this guide refers to both plain text files and HTML files as Text Files you should note the following difference between these two types of file as it affects the navigation options you have Plain text files will only have the structure that is contained in its paragraphs sentences words and characters There will be no additional structure such as headings HTML files will have paragraphs sentences words and characters navigation but might also have heading level information if this has been coded into the original HTML document If the HTML file has headings you
17. is no next track PLEXTALK will go to the end and say End of album Note When moving back a track at a time if you allow the track to play for more than 3 seconds the next time you move back a track you will move to the start of the current track If you move back a second time within 3 seconds you will move to the previous track Note The navigation behaviour described above will vary depending on the number of albums and the currently selected playing mode For example in Normal mode if you have more than one album when you reach the last track in the current album and you are jumping forward by track PLEXTALK will then jump to the first track in the next album rather than saying End of album 12 6 Moving to the beginning of an album Moving quickly to the beginning of the current album is very useful To move to the beginning of an album do the following Press the GoTo key once The guide speech will say Go to track This will be followed by a verbal reminder that the Enter key can be pressed at this point to go to the beginning Press the Enter key and the playing position will move to the start of the current item The guide speech will say Beginning of album After a short pause playback will start automatically from the beginning 12 7 Album navigation Navigating to albums is very similar to track navigation You can either go to albums direct or you can move through the available albums one at
18. key at the same time Symptom PLEXTALK will not shut down and no keys can be operated Possible cause Unknown error Solution Press and hold down the Sleep timer key and Power button together for more than 10 seconds then PLEXTALK will reboot If this does not work remove the AC Adaptor and Battery from the unit and then reinsert them Symptom The same album or same track is repeatedly played Possible cause A repeat play mode has been selected Solution Switch to Normal playback mode in the Playback setting menu Symptom There is no voice guidance Possible cause 1 The volume has been set to 0 Solution Increase the volume so that the guide speech can be heard Possible cause 2 The power is off Solution Turn the power on 87 Spoken errors during DAISY playback Guide voice Unsupported SD card or Unsupported USB device Possible cause The SD card or USB media has been formatted with an unsupported file system Solution Insert an SD card which is formatted as FAT 16 or FAT 32 Guide voice Page does not exist Possible cause The specified page does not exist in the current title Solution 1 Specify a valid page Press the Information key to get information about the pages in the current title and then press the GoTo key once and enter a valid page number Solution 2 Select Page with the Number 2 or 8 key and then use the Number 4 or 6 key to move back or forward a page at a time Guide voice No
19. not require reminders If you wish to confirm the details of the physical layout of your PLEXTALK you should refer to Section 5 4 before reading this chapter 7 1 Basic control of the unit 28 Turn on the PLEXTALK by pressing and holding down the Power button After a short pause the PLEXTALK will announce if it is accessing the SD card the USB or the CD Turn off the power by pressing and holding the Power button To lock the keys press and hold the Fast Forward key and Rewind key at the same time When the lock is applied all keys and controls will be unable to function including the Power button Locking the keys prevents not to be accidentally operated To release the key lock press and hold the Fast Forward key and Rewind key at the same time again Access the menu system by pressing the Menu key once Use the Number 4 or 6 key to move through the options on a level and use the Number 8 key or the Enter key to select a menu option Use the Number 2 key or the Cancel key to exit one level Press the Menu key to exit immediately from anywhere in the menu system Get menu help by pressing the Information key once To adjust the playback volume and guide volume together press the Volume up key to turn up or press the Volume down key to turn down until the required volume is reached You can press and hold the key to change the volume quickly To adjust the guide volume independently press the Menu key and select system set
20. of the guide can be found in a folder on the User s Guide CD called Manual The file name is PTN2 Users Guide doc User s Guide in text format this is a plain text version of the User s Guide This version of the guide can be found in a folder on the User s Guide CD called Manual The file name is PTN2 Users Guide txt 5 4 Description of the unit This section describes the physical look of the PLEXTALK and the layout of the keys and other controls to enable you to locate them when referred to in later chapters The names and main purposes are also detailed here Holding the unit carefully take a few moments to locate the top and bottom surfaces The top has 27 rubber keys on it whereas the bottom has only 5 rubber feet four of which are near to the corners and one which is the long straight foot When you have found the bottom of the unit place the unit carefully down on the five rubber feet on a flat surface in front of you Locate the perforated surface of the speaker grill of the PLEXTALK Keep the feet downwards and rotate it until the speaker grill is at the upper right from you The PLEXTALK should now be set up in its normal operating position You can confirm this by feeling the longest 17 side is closest to you There should be a narrow but noticeable straight dip in this edge It is the CD slot 5 4 1 Top surface The PLEXTALK has 27 rubber keys on the top surface These are grouped in 5 blocks a
21. options first and then press the Number 4 or 6 key To fast forward or fast rewind the DAISY title press and hold down the Fast Forward key or Rewind key For time jumps up to 10 minutes press and hold down the key and the PLEXTALK will announce how much time it will jump Release the key when you hear the required time spoken Beyond 10 minutes the PLEXTALK will continue incrementing the time jump until the Enter key is pressed You can switch the SD card the USB media and the CD by pressing the Previous Title key and Next Title key together Then press the Previous Title key or Next Title key to choose which title you wish to play To get information about the current title including headings pages and bookmarks press the Information key once This will also give information about playing time and battery status Press and hold down the key to hear the current date and time Note If PLEXTALK announces incorrect date and time set correct date and time according to Setting the date and time in the next chapter 31 To go direct to a page press the GoTo key once and then enter the number of the page that you wish to go to followed by the Enter key To go to headings press the GoTo key twice and then enter the number of the heading that you wish to go to followed by the Enter key You can use the bookmark feature Add a bookmark by pressing the Bookmark key twice and then a number between 1 and 65000 You can however onl
22. or 8 key to go to the Group option on the Navigation Menu Use the Number 4 key to move backwards to the previous group item in the title PLEXTALK will move backwards to the previous group item and playback will start automatically If there are no previous group items PLEXTALK will go to the beginning and say Beginning of title Use the Number 6 key to move forwards to the next group item in the title PLEXTALK will move forwards to the next group item and playback will start automatically If there are no next group items PLEXTALK will move to the end and say End of title Note If there are no group markers in the title the Group option will not be listed on the Navigation Menu 11 6 Phrase navigation Reminder Phrases are a DAISY navigation feature which are automatically created when the recording is made A phrase is the piece of audio between one moment of silence and the next To jump back one phrase press the Number 2 or 8 key to select the Phrase option on the Navigation Menu and then press the Number 4 key PLEXTALK will move backwards to the start of the previous phrase and playback will start automatically If there is no previous phrase PLEXTALK will go to the beginning and say Beginning of title To jump forwards one phrase press the Number 2 or 8 key to select the Phrase option on the Navigation Menu and then 57 press the Number 6 key PLEXTALK will jump forwards to the start o
23. or USB media In fact apart from these simple rules PLEXTALK is able to operate with very few other restrictions on how you store the items you wish to read When PLEXTALK accesses the SD card USB media or CD it automatically assesses the contents and groups items into DAISY titles Audio Files and Text Files regardless of where these items are stored on the media When you subsequently navigate through the titles they will be already ordered for you regardless of where they are physically located on the media For example if you have 3 Text Files in the root folder and 2 more in a sub folder PLEXTALK will view these as 5 Text Files stored in 2 folders For Audio Files PLEXTALK will carry out a similar assessment but in addition will group all Audio Files under a single logical folder This makes title navigation more straight forward Hence if there are 10 Audio Files in the root folder 5 others in Folder A and 5 more in Folder B PLEXTALK will see them as being in 3 folders but will group all these folders in a single logical folder which it calls Audio when you navigate by title DAISY titles should be stored with all necessary files in a single folder PLEXTALK will not evaluate any contents in a sub folder of a folder where it has identified a DAISY book PLEXTALK s ability to assess the contents of the media in this automatic way means that you can be very flexible in the way that you file your information whi
24. select whether you skip some kind of items or not Media management allows you to get media information delete a title in a media except CD System settings allows you to get system information and to control the way certain features operate or play Note An outline of the menu hierarchy is given in Appendix B In addition each function is described in detail in the relevant sections of the guide 6 2 Accessing and navigating the menu Reminder The Menu key is on the upper left of the unit The Number 2 4 6 8 keys are in the centre of the unit Access the menu by pressing the Menu key once PLEXTALK will say Menu Playback setting This indicates that it has accessed the Menu and that it is on the Playback setting option To navigate around the menu use the following methods To select a different option on the same level of the menu press either the Number 4 key to move to the left or the Number 6 key to move to the right As you move to a new menu option it will be spoken On all menus if you continue in the same direction you will eventually return to the starting point as the menus are designed to loop round To select a menu option press the Number 8 key or the Enter key Assuming that there is a sub menu and it is accessible at that time This will take you down one level in the menu structure and leave you on the relevant sub menu The menu item that you have gone to will be spoke
25. stereo This is equivalent to audio tracks on Music CD 95 Index Album 60 62 AMR WB 37 59 89 Audio File 37 43 58 64 72 Automatic power off 35 Backup 70 75 Battery 20 22 35 36 81 Bookmark 13 17 31 46 49 Charging 21 Compulsory power off 36 DAISY 9 13 89 Date and time 29 33 34 Deleting a title 69 Glossary 89 93 Group 12 56 Guide volume 28 29 40 Heading 11 31 51 53 54 90 HTML 64 68 90 Information key 18 29 51 Key d
26. text format or in HTML format They can be stored as individual files or in a folder on an SD card a USB media or a CD You may want to try out the features mentioned in this chapter as you progress If you wish to do these before proceeding insert an SD card a USB media or a CD containing appropriate content as detailed in Section 5 10 CAUTION PLEXTALK s SD card slot is only compatible with SD or SDHC cards Inserting other memory card such as a Memory Stick 38 or MMC i e MultiMedia Card will cause a malfunction and should not be used 10 1 Reinserting an SD card USB media or a CD When you insert either an SD card a USB media or a CD into PLEXTALK for the first time it will play from the beginning of the first title When you insert the same media on another occasion regardless of the format of the data PLEXTALK will start playback from the location where playing was stopped in the previous session This is a particularly useful feature if you need to swap SD cards USB media or CDs and then want to return to the first one for example if you are studying and need to refer to a variety of books 10 2 Start and stop playback To start or stop playback do the following Reminder The Play Stop key is the rectangle shaped key with central depression located between the Fast Forward key and Rewind key To start playback press the Play Stop key PLEXTALK will start playback from the position where it was
27. the card all the way into the slot ensuring that it engages properly with the outer edge flush with the body of the PLEXTALK Do not use excessive force when doing so To eject the SD card do the following Turn off the power Push the SD card inwards and then release it The card should pop out leaving the outside edge of the card protruding Carefully grip the card and pull it out of the slot Note SD cards have a locking switch that enables you to protect your data if you want This is located on the longer side of the card away from the cut off corner If the switch is towards the leading edge of the card you will be able to move and delete titles If the switch is away from the leading edge your data will be protected You must ensure that the switch is in the correct position before inserting the card otherwise you may experience difficulties in performing the operations you wish to carry out To move the switch simply use a fingernail to move the switch into the desired position To insert the USB memory do the following Turn off the power Insert the USB memory into the USB slot To eject the USB memory do the following Turn off the power Pull out the USB memory straight from the unit To insert a CD into the PLEXTALK do the following Ensure that the PLEXTALK is turned on Turn the CD so that the label side is upwards Gently push the CD into the CD slot on the
28. the following restrictions Restrictions on numbers of files and folders The maximum number of files that can be stored in a folder is 1024 Files in excess of 1024 are not recognized The maximum number of files that can be stored in a media is 6000 Files in excess of 6000 are not recognized The maximum number of folders is 1024 including a root folder Folders in excess of 1024 are not recognized PLEXTALK treats file folders as albums and recognizes up to 8 hierarchies including root If a folder contains a DAISY book PLEXTALK does not search the other contents under the folder Note When there are a large number of folders PLEXTALK may take longer to read the data 12 4 Getting file and album information To get information about the current track and album whether PLEXTALK is playing or not do the following Press the Information key once A range of information will be spoken See below for details If you do not wish to listen to all the information and wish to step through individual items more quickly you can do this by repeatedly pressing the Information key If you have heard what you want to hear you can stop the spoken information by pressing the Enter key In an Audio File you will hear the following items Track information Time information elapsed time remaining time and total time Album information 61 Bookmark information
29. will be able to use these to enhance your navigation in these files Note If the HTML file contains headings at multiple levels you will only be offered a single level for heading navigation In other words all headings in an HTML file will be treated as Level 1 headings 66 13 3 Navigating by percentage Text Files do not allow you to navigate directly to headings pages or groups like DAISY books Consequently these options are not available to you when you press the GoTo key However PLEXTALK does allow you to navigate by a percentage of the file that has been played To navigate by percentage do the following Press the GoTo key once The guide speech will say Go to percent Type in a percentage between 0 and 100 and press the Enter key PLEXTALK will move the playback position to that position in the Text File If you accidentally enter a number larger than 100 PLEXTALK will take you to the end of the Text File 13 4 Moving to the beginning or end of a text file Moving quickly to the beginning or end of the text file is very useful To move to the beginning of a text file do the following Press the GoTo key once The guide speech will say Go to percent Press the Number 0 key followed by the Enter key and the playing position will move to the start of the current text file The guide speech will say 0 percent Beginning of title After a short pause playback will st
30. 1 PLEXTALK PTN2 User s Guide 2009 Shinano Kenshi Co Ltd 2 IMPORTANT NOTICES FCC NOTICE Declaration of Conformity Model Number PTN2 Trade Name PLEXTALK Responsible party Shinano Kenshi Co Ltd Address 6 15 26 Chuo Ueda shi Nagano ken 386 0012 JAPAN This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver C
31. HTML This is an abbreviation for HyperText Markup Language HTML is the predominant mark up language used to structure the information on web pages It is a structured language that allows items such as paragraphs headings pages links images and tables to be specified in a standardised way so that they are properly recognised by web browsers Level The producer of a DAISY book can use up to 6 levels of navigation Levels are generally used for identifying such things as chapters 92 sections and sub sections in the recording When the structure has been created the user can bypass information that they do not wish to read at that time Maximum page This is the number of the highest numbered page in the selected title Media This refers to the media from which PLEXTALK reads data PLEXTALK can use SD cards USB media and CD You can switch the media that PLEXTALK accesses using the Title key Menu PLEXTALK has a menu system from which many of the functions are accessed In order to access this menu press the Menu key The menu includes Playback setting Skippable Media management and System Settings MP3 This is an abbreviation for MPEG Audio Layer 3 ISP or IEC 13818 3 1995 It is a standard for the compression of audio information and can obtain compression ratios of one tenth or even one twelfth with CD quality Multi title disc Recorded books in which multiple titles are compiled on a single CD Mu
32. If you wish to cancel the backup process whilst it is running press the Cancel key 14 7 Erasing an SD card PLEXTALK allows you to erase an SD card as many times as you want To erase an SD card do the following 76 Press the Menu key once to access the Main Menu Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the Media Management option and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the Erase SD card option and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key PLEXTALK will ask you to confirm that you wish to continue with the formatting process Press the Enter key or Number 8 key again to continue or the Cancel key to abort If you choose to continue the formatting process will start PLEXTALK will announce when the process is complete Note When the SD card is erased PLEXTALK will behave as if you have inserted a blank SD card Note If the Erase SD card function is executed all data on the SD card will be deleted 15 Other useful features This chapter details how to check the system properties and how to set the Skippable settings 15 1 Checking system properties In the event of requiring to contact your local agent you may be required to quote the system version and or the PLEXTALK serial number The system version refers to the version of the internal firmware and the serial number is the unique identifier for your PLEXTALK If you require fi
33. LAYBACK SETTINGS DAISY titles and Text Files Normal playback Repeat title PLAYBACK SETTINGS Audio Files Normal playback Repeat track Repeat album Repeat all albums Shuffle repeat SKIPPABLE Select page number 84 Play Skip Select footnote Play Skip Select note reference Play Skip Select annotation Play Skip Select line number Play Skip Select sidebar Play Skip Select producer note Play Skip MEDIA MANAGEMENT Media and title information Erase Internal Memory Delete selected title album SYSTEM SETTINGS System properties System version Serial number Select guide volume On scale 5 to 5 Select the synthetic voice Female voice Male voice Select the waiting sound Waiting sound 1 Waiting sound 2 85 No waiting sound Set the date and time Select the pitch of the synthetic voice On the scale 5 to 5 Initialise all settings to default 86 Appendix C Troubleshooting General operating problems Symptom You turn on the Power button but the power does not come on Possible cause Loose power cord or AC adaptor Solution Firmly reinsert the mains power cable into PLEXTALK and ensure that the AC adaptor is firmly inserted Symptom The power is on but PLEXTALK does not operate Possible cause 1 Battery has not been inserted Solution Insert Battery Possible cause 2 Key Lock is On Solution Turn off the key lock by pressing the Rewind key and Fast Forward
34. Press the Number 6 key to move to the next bookmark with a higher number PLEXTALK will move to the bookmark and announce its number Playback will start automatically If you are on the bookmark with the highest number pressing the Number 6 key will take you to the bookmark with the lowest number Note When navigating in this way you will move by the numbering sequence of the bookmarks and not by the time sequence that they appear in the title album or text file For example assume you have randomly assigned bookmarks with numbers from 1 to 10 throughout your title album or file and you are currently on bookmark 5 Using this method will allow you to move to bookmark 4 or 6 regardless of where they are located even if there are other bookmarks in between numbers 4 and 5 or between 5 and 6 Note If there are no bookmarks in the title the Bookmark option will not be listed on the Navigation Menu 49 10 13 4 Clearing bookmarks This section tells you how you can clear individual bookmarks or all the bookmarks in the current title To clear a Numbered Bookmark the procedure is as follows Press the Bookmark key 3 times PLEXTALK will say Remove bookmark Using the Number Pad enter the number of the bookmark you wish to remove Press the Enter key to confirm or the Cancel key to clear your entry Press the Number 0 key followed by the Enter key to remove all the bookmarks on the current DAISY title or Tex
35. a valid album number Solution 2 Use the Number 2 or 8 key to select Album from the Navigation Menu and then use the Number 4 or 6 key to select the album you want Guide voice Number xx does not exist When trying to navigate to a numbered track Possible cause The specified track does not exist in the Music CD or Audio File media Solution 1 Press the GoTo key once and enter a valid track number Solution 2 Use the Number 2 or 8 key to select Track from the Navigation Menu and then use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the track you want Errors using media management Guide voice There is no target media Possible cause You have not inserted a suitable backup media Solution Insert either an SD card or a USB media with sufficient storage space to perform the backup and then try again Guide voice The SD card is locked 89 Possible cause You have locked the SD card using the lock switch on the side of the card Solution Eject the card move the locking switch to the unlocked position reinsert it into PLEXTALK and try again 90 Appendix D Glossary AMR WB This is a standard for the compression of audio data and is one of the 3 standards that PLEXTALK is able to recognize and play It stands for Adaptive Multi Rate WideBand plus It is an audio codec that extends AMR WB It adds support for stereo signals and higher sampling rates Bit rate Bit rate is a measure of data transmission speed It refe
36. art automatically from the beginning To move to the end of a text file do the following Press the GoTo key once The guide speech will say Go to percent 67 Press the Number key 1 0 0 followed by the Enter key and the playing position will move to the end of the current text file The guide speech will say 100 percent End of title Playback will stop automatically If you accidentally enter a number larger than 100 PLEXTALK will take you to the end of the Text File 13 5 Navigating by paragraph sentence word or character As mentioned above a Text File will always give you the four navigation options Paragraph Sentence Word and Character These options will automatically appear on the Navigation Menu when you access this type of file To navigate by any of these options the process is identical as follows Use the Number 2 or 8 key to select your preferred navigation method i e paragraph sentence word or character Use the Number 4 key to jump back in the file by the selected amount If you reach the start of the file PLEXTALK will say Beginning of title Use the Number 6 key to jump forward in the file by the selected amount If you reach the end of the file PLEXTALK will say End of title 13 6 Navigating by level HTML files only For HTML files that have been coded with headings you will be given an additional navigation option on the Navigation Menu
37. ast rewind 45 10 13 Using bookmarks 45 10 14 The built in help file 49 11 Playing DAISY titles 51 11 1 Getting heading page and title information 51 11 2 Heading navigation 52 11 3 Moving to the beginning or end of a DAISY title 53 11 4 Page navigation 54 11 5 Group navigation 55 11 6 Phrase navigation 56 11 7 Playback mode 57 12 Playing Audio Files or Music CDs 57 12 1 About audio files 58 12 2 About playing sequences 59 12 3 Restrictions on Audio files 59 12 4 Getting file and album information 60 12 5 Track navigation 61 12 6 Moving to
38. ated navigation level between 1 and 6 There are no fixed rules about how the DAISY navigation levels should be used and people s views on how this should be done would vary For simple books which only have chapters it is likely that only one level will be used For more complex books which may have chapters sections and sub sections there might be 3 levels used Level 1 for chapters Level 2 for sections and Level 3 for sub sections Once the book has been created the levels of navigation are fixed and cannot be altered by the reader When trying to find a specific part of a book the reader would tend to use a higher level perhaps Level 1 or Level 2 to find the main area of interest and would then change to a lower level of navigation to home in on the information they are looking for This allows them to bypass large portions of the book that they have no interest in at that time 3 4 2 Headings In order to use the navigation levels mentioned above the location of all relevant navigation points have to be marked in the recording In 12 the context of this guide these markers are called headings Once a heading has been inserted into the DAISY recording it can then be assigned a navigation level depending on the structure of the original book When headings are inserted they are numbered automatically from 1 upwards in the physical order that they appear in the recording 3 4 3 Pages If a DAISY book has been mar
39. beep indicates the top or bottom of the available range and a lower pitched beep indicates the middle volume position that is volume 13 Note Pressing and holding the Volume up key or down key will cause the volume setting to change rapidly in the selected direction This saves you having to repeatedly press the key Note Pressing the Volume up key and down key together will lead to middle volume position volume 13 10 4 Changing the guide volume The internal speech generated by PLEXTALK is called the guide speech The volume of the guide speech can either be adjusted in conjunction with the playback volume or it can be adjusted independently If you wish the guide volume and playback volume to 40 be adjusted together use the procedure detailed in the previous section The guide volume will increase and decrease as you adjust the playback volume To set the guide volume independently do the following Press the Menu key once to access the Main Menu Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the System settings option and select it by pressing the Enter key or the Number 8 key Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the Select guide volume option and select it by pressing the Enter key or the Number 8 key Use the Number 4 or 6 key to select your preferred guide volume setting and press the Enter key or the Number 8 key to confirm the setting PLEXTALK will make this the new guide volume and will exit the menu system
40. ce A range of information will be spoken See below for details If you do not wish to listen to all the information and wish to step through individual items more quickly you can do this by repeatedly pressing the Information key If you have heard what you want to hear you can stop the spoken information by pressing the Enter key When in the help file you will hear the following items Title information Page information Heading information Bookmark information Power information power source battery level System properties system version serial number 51 11 Playing DAISY titles This chapter covers additional features that can be used when you are playing a DAISY title Before proceeding with this chapter it would be useful to have a DAISY title available for trying out the features as you go along The User s Guide is a good choice as it contains many of the DAISY features discussed in this section CAUTION The SD card slot is only for SD or SDHC cards Using other memory cards such as Memory Stick or MMC will cause a malfunction and should not be used 11 1 Getting heading page and title information To get information about the current DAISY title whether PLEXTALK is playing or not do the following Press the Information key once A range of information will be spoken See below for details If you do not wish to listen to all the informat
41. e Resume Bookmarks are inserted automatically by PLEXTALK when you move to a different title album or file or when you shut down the player No action is required from you 10 13 3 Navigating to bookmarks This section tells you how to navigate to the Numbered Bookmark To jump to a Numbered Bookmark whether PLEXTALK is playing or not do the following Press the Bookmark key once PLEXTALK will say Go to bookmark Using the Number Pad enter the number of the bookmark you wish to go to Press the Enter key to confirm or the Cancel key to clear your entry 48 When a valid bookmark number has been entered PLEXTALK will go to the location of that bookmark and playback will start automatically Note PLEXTALK will announce an error message if you try to go to a Numbered Bookmark that does not exist Once you have entered bookmarks into a title album or file a Bookmark option will become available on the Navigation Menu In order to navigate to the next bookmark with a lower or higher number do the following Use the Number 2 or 8 key to go to the Bookmark option on the Navigation Menu Press the Number 4 key to move to the next bookmark with a lower number PLEXTALK will move to the bookmark and announce its number Playback will start automatically If you are on the bookmark with the lowest number pressing the Number 4 key will take you to the bookmark with the highest number
42. e Number 4 key to move backwards to the previous heading on the selected level PLEXTALK will move to the heading and playback will start automatically If there is no previous heading PLEXTALK will move to the beginning and say Beginning of title Press the Number 6 key to move forwards to the next heading on the selected level PLEXTALK will move to the heading and playback will start automatically If there is no next heading PLEXTALK will go to the end and say End of title Note When navigating in this way PLEXTALK will stop at all headings that have a level the same as or higher than the level you have selected For example if you chose to navigate on Level 3 PLEXTALK will find all Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 headings as you move backwards or forwards If you have chosen Level 1 navigation PLEXTALK will only find Level 1 headings as you move 11 3 Moving to the beginning or end of a DAISY title 54 Moving quickly to the beginning or end of the current DAISY title is very useful To move to the beginning of a DAISY title do the following Press the GoTo key twice The guide speech will say Go to heading This will be followed by a verbal reminder that the Enter key can be pressed at this point to go to the beginning Press the Enter key and the playing position will move to the start of the current item The guide speech will say Beginning of title After a short pause playback will commence aut
43. e contains some text from the book for example for a glossary or index If listening to the book on a pc the text will appear on screen and the reader will be able to search for words within the text Type 4 Audio and full text This is the most time consuming type of book to produce but provides the most accessibility Audio and text are fully synchronised throughout the book so that the correct text appears on screen as the audio is being read Type 5 Full text and partial audio The book has structure and complete text but only limited audio The marked up file contains the structure and the text of the book but there is only audio for part of the text Type 6 Full text and no audio This is electronic text structure there are no audio files 11 3 4 DAISY navigation features The DAISY format gives the reader a number of options about how to navigate a DAISY book This section gives brief details about the most common navigation features 3 4 1 Navigation levels A DAISY book can have up to 6 levels of navigation The number of levels in a book will depend on the structure of the original book The levels are hierarchical with Level 1 the highest and Level 6 the lowest This can be thought of as being similar to the hierarchy of a contents listing in a book in the sense that there are major items and then sub items within them and so on Every heading that has been coded into a DAISY book will have an associ
44. e main features of the DAISY format are as follows Compression of information with high levels of compression available it is possible to store up to 90 hours of digital audio on a single CD 700MB Flexible Navigation the DAISY format includes a range of features which enable the reader to quickly access the parts of the book they wish to read These features include navigation on 6 levels by pages by groups and phrases These items will be discussed in more detail later in this chapter 10 Multi media capability in addition to digital audio the DAISY format is able to incorporate text graphics and even video to provide the reader with a fully synchronized multi media reading experience 3 3 Types of DAISY book The DAISY format allows for 6 types of DAISY book which range from audio books with no navigation structure to books with text and no audio A brief description of each type is given below Type 1 Audio without structure The simplest type of book Direct navigation to the points within the book is not possible Type 2 Audio and structure A marked up text file contains the structure of the book and provides links to features such as headings and page numbers This allows the reader to navigate directly to those points The marked up file is called the Table of Contents or ToC Type 3 Audio with structure and partial text As well as containing the structure the marked up fil
45. e main features of the PLEXTALK are as follows DAISY Book Playback Text HTML Contents Playback using Embedded Text To Speech Engine Music CDs Playback MP3 Music Playback Support for removable 32GB SD cards and USB flash memory Media transfer from USB without PC High Quality Speaker Battery Rechargeable via AC adapter 5 Getting started You are now ready to start using your new PLEXTALK This chapter will give you information about the terminology which is used throughout the guide It details the items that you should have received in the box and explains the physical layout of the PLEXTALK unit It also details how to insert the battery charge the unit and care for the battery Basic operations such as turning the unit on and off and inserting and ejecting SD cards are also described 5 1 Terminology and conventions used This section details the terminology and conventions used throughout this guide The details are as follows 15 WARNING A warning notice denotes a hazard that could result in personal injury CAUTION A caution notice denotes a hazard that could damage or destroy the PLEXTALK product destroy the recording media destroy or affect your data or computer configuration Note A note is used to give additional important information about a feature that has not already been mentioned Generally these are listed after the instructions for reference Rem
46. e the name of the currently selected waiting sound and will then play a sample of that sound Use the Number 4 or 6 key to listen to the available options and press the Enter key or Number 8 key when you are on the waiting sound you prefer The PLEXTALK will confirm your selection has been made and you will exit automatically from the menu system 35 9 Power management features Before you start to learn how to use your PLEXTALK for playback operations there are several features related to power management that you may find helpful to know about The PLEXTALK will warn you when the battery charge is becoming low It also has an automatic power off function and a sleep timer function This chapter shows you how these features work 9 1 Battery low warning When the PLEXTALK is operating on battery power and the power level drops to a level where it needs to be recharged the PLEXTALK will say Low battery Please use mains power or Low battery Player will shut down in one minute If you wish to continue to use the PLEXTALK you need to plug in the AC adaptor If you do not plug in the AC adaptor the PLEXTALK will shut down automatically when the battery level drops below a certain point CAUTION If the battery power fails during operations such as backup the data may become damaged or unusable 9 2 Automatic power off function In order to save battery power the PLEXTALK will automatically shut down after 15 min
47. echargeable battery you should take careful note of the following points The battery will normally take 4 hours to fully charge However when using your PLEXTALK for the first time or after one month of storage you should connect to a mains power supply for at least 24 hours If the PLEXTALK is not to be used for over a month remove the battery and store it in a cool place with low humidity The battery life depends on how frequently it is used and recharged Its capacity to store charge reduces over time When the usable time following a charge becomes too short for practical use replace the battery with a new one These can be purchased from your local agent Your agent should also be able to give you advice about recycling and disposal of used batteries The usable time may be affected by the ambient temperature and working environment In order to maintain battery performance the following procedure should be carried out every six months Fully charge the battery Use on battery power until dead Recharge 5 8 Turning PLEXTALK on and off To turn the unit on or off do the following Press and hold down the Power button to turn the unit on A musical sound indicates that the PLEXTALK is booting up When the power is on the Power button will turn green Shortly after the PLEXTALK will announce that it is accessing a media 23 Press and hold the Power button to turn off the un
48. escriber 23 Key lock 28 Menu 25 27 91 Menu hierarchy 82 84 Move 70 76 MP3 58 91 Music CD 58 70 PCM 59 Phrase 12 57 92 Play Stop key 18 31 35 44 Playback setting 27 67 77 127 Playback speed 30 40 Playback volume 28 39 Playing 30 37 51 58 64 Power button 19 22 28 36 SD card 15 19 23 29 44 92 SDHC card 15 19 92 96 Section 13 92 Sleep timer 19 36 Specification
49. f the next phrase and playback will start automatically If there is no next phrase PLEXTALK will go to the end and say End of title Note Sometimes depending on how long you let the phrase play you may need to press the Number 4 key twice quickly to move to the previous phrase otherwise PLEXTALK may only jump back to the start of the current phrase 11 7 Playback mode When playing DAISY titles provided playback mode is Normal playback only Normal playback this option is the factory default setting It plays through the title and stops when finished PLEXTALK will say End of title Pressing the Play Stop key at this stage will start playback from the beginning again Repeat title the current title will repeat continuously until playback is stopped In order to select a playback mode do the following Press the Menu key once to access the Main Menu Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the Playback Setting option and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key The currently selected playing mode will be spoken Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to your preferred playing mode and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key Your selection will be made and the menu system will be exited automatically 12 Playing Audio Files or Music CDs 58 This chapter covers features that are specific to playing Audio Files or Music CDs There is a lot of similarity between these com
50. front of the PLEXTALK 25 Continue to push the CD into the slot until the PLEXTALK takes over and feeds the CD the rest of the way Note If you accidentally insert a CD upside down the PLEXTALK will attempt to access it for a while and then will say There is no content on the disc You should then eject the CD and ensure that it is inserted the correct way up Reminder The CD eject key is the square key at the bottom right of the unit To eject a CD do the following Press and release the Eject key The PLEXTALK will announce that the disc will be ejected The CD will be ejected You can now pull the CD the rest of the way out of the slot 6 Introduction to the menu system A number of the features of PLEXTALK are accessed through the built in menu system This chapter aims to give you an understanding of how the menu is structured and how you access it It is not essential to read it immediately but you will find that an understanding of the menu system is useful in many of the chapters that follow 6 1 Overview of the menu and its operation Although you only ever hear the menu it can be thought of as being a hierarchical menu system containing a series of horizontal menus each accessed from the level higher up At the highest level there is the Main Menu which has 4 items These are Playback setting allows you to listen to audio files repeatedly 26 Skippable allows you to
51. has been used the current volume number and the total number of volumes will also be announced 11 2 Heading navigation There are 2 ways of navigating to headings within a DAISY title You can either go to headings direct or you can move through the available headings one at a time Reminder Headings are marked locations in a DAISY title that you may wish to get to quickly such as the start of chapters sections and sub sections The headings in a DAISY title are numbered sequentially from the start of the title Every heading has an associated navigation level between Level 1 and Level 6 Reminder In the column of 4 keys on the left side of the unit the GoTo key is the second from the bottom 53 To go direct to a specific heading do the following Press the GoTo key twice The guide speech will say Go to heading Using the Number Pad type in the number of the heading you wish to go to Press the Enter key to confirm or the Cancel key to clear your entry When you have entered a valid heading number and pressed the Enter key PLEXTALK will switch to the heading you selected and playback will start automatically If you have entered an invalid heading number the guide speech will announce an error message To navigate headings sequentially using heading levels do the following Use the Number 2 or 8 key to go to your desired level of navigation for example Level 1 Level 2 etc Press th
52. ide 6 2 Legal and copyright information 7 2 1 Copyright information about this guide 7 2 2 Licenses and trademarks 8 2 3 Restrictions on copying 8 3 Introduction to DAISY 9 3 1 What is DAISY 9 4 3 2 Main features of DAISY 9 3 3 Types of DAISY book 10 3 4 DAISY navigation features 10 4 Overview of your new PLEXTALK 13 4 1 General concept 13 4 2 Features of the PLEXTALK 14 5 Getting started 14 5 1 Terminology and conventions used 14 5 2 What you get in the box 15 5 3 The User s Guide CD
53. inder A reminder is used to refresh your memory about points that have been mentioned earlier in the guide They are generally written before the information to which they refer SD Card PLEXTALK is able to use both SD and SDHC cards In this User s Guide both cards are called SD cards All key names and function names have been written with initial capitals Menu options have been written with double quotes around the menu option names and an initial capital has been used In order to make the list of instructions more concise the guide does not always explain every operation in detail In many cases PLEXTALK s built in speech gives you sufficient detail that operating features and functions should be clear 5 2 What you get in the box Below is a list of all the items you should find in the box with your PLEXTALK Please make sure that all items are included If there are any missing items please contact your local agent 1 PLEXTALK PTN2 1 Mask 1 AC adaptor 1 Rechargeable battery 1 User s Guide CD 1 Quick Reference guide 16 1 Safety Instruction guide Note It is strongly recommended that you retain all packaging in case you need to return your PLEXTALK for any reason in the future 5 3 The User s Guide CD The User s Guide CD which has been included in your package contains the following items User s Guide in Microsoft Word format this version
54. information regarding copyright licences and trademarks It also outlines the restrictions which apply when using the PLEXTALK for copying or recording digital sound You are strongly advised to read this chapter thoroughly before continuing 2 1 Copyright information about this guide Shinano Kenshi reserves the right to modify the products described in this guide at any time without prior notice Shinano Kenshi makes no representation or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Further Shinano Kenshi Co Ltd reserves the right to revise this guide and to make changes in its content without obligation to notify any person or organization of such revision or change 8 This guide is copyright All right reserved It may not be copied photocopied translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form without prior permission from Shinano Kenshi Manual copyright 2009 Shinano Kenshi Co Ltd 2 2 Licenses and trademarks All licenses and trademarks are the property of their respective owners 2 3 Restrictions on copying Before using your PLEXTALK you should review the following important information to ensure that you understand the legal restrictions that apply to its use for certain operations 2 3 1 General information This PLEXTALK device is designed to help you record and reprod
55. ing In order to break the audio up into phrases that are not too long or short a fast reader might require a short pause time and a slower reader a longer pause time When the recording is finished the reader can use the phrases as an additional navigation feature 3 4 6 Sections A Section refers to the segment of audio between one heading and the next A section is generally made up of a number of phrases but can have as few as one phrase Each section will have a heading and an associated navigation level Do not get confused between sections in a DAISY recording and sections of this guide 3 4 7 Bookmarks Once the book is complete the reader can add bookmarks at relevant places to enable him her to find the marked locations at a later stage The number of permitted bookmarks will depend on the DAISY player being used but generally there will be more capacity than the reader requires Bookmarks are the only navigation item that the reader can insert and remove 4 Overview of your new PLEXTALK This chapter gives you an overview of the PLEXTALK and its main features 4 1 General concept 14 The PLEXTALK PTN2 is a rugged design table top type DAISY compliant audio text book player It offers multiple ways to get DAISY compliant audio or text books and user friendly interface of hardware design with features that support unsurpassed accessibility for those who have sighted problem 4 2 Features of the PLEXTALK Th
56. ing sound 34 9 Power management features 35 9 1 Battery low warning 35 9 2 Automatic power off function 35 9 3 Compulsory power off function 36 9 4 Sleep timer function 36 10 Playing features common to all formats 37 10 1 Reinserting an SD card USB media or a CD 38 10 2 Start and stop playback 38 10 3 Changing the playback volume 38 10 4 Changing the guide volume 39 10 5 Changing the playback speed 40 5 10 6 Changing the audio tone 41 10 7 Accessing the Navigation menu 41 10 8 Understanding how PLEXTALK groups files and folders 42 10 9 Selecting the SD card USB media or CD 43 10 10 Getting information about your SD card USB media or CD 44 10 12 Fast forward or f
57. ion and wish to step through individual items more quickly you can do this by repeatedly pressing the Information key If you have heard what you want to hear you can stop the spoken information by pressing the Enter key In a DAISY audio title you will hear the following items Title information Time information elapsed time remaining time and total time Page information Heading information Bookmark information Power information power source battery level System properties system version serial number 52 During these announcements the first phrase of the current title and the current section will be played at the appropriate time to help you identify the title and location in the title Note If the playing position is at the beginning or end of the title because there is no audio at these locations no recorded audio will be heard In a DAISY text title you will hear the following items Title information Page information Heading information Bookmark information Power information power source battery level System properties system version serial number Note If there are any front pages or special pages within the DAISY title the number of front pages and special pages will be announced as well as the other page information Note As PLEXTALK supports titles that span across multiple volumes if more than one volume
58. it The unit will beep and then announce that it is shutting down After a short pause a different musical sound indicates that the PLEXTALK has completed the shut down process Note The booting up process should take approximately 30 seconds when the unit is first used or after the battery has been replaced 5 9 Key Describer function The Key Describer feature is turned on and off using the Menu key Reminder The Menu key is on the upper left of the unit As its name implies the Key Describer function allows the user to get a description of any key on the PLEXTALK This is particularly useful for those who are new to the unit and can be a quick way to learn about the key functions Turn on the Key Describer by pressing and holding down the Menu key The PLEXTALK will beep and announce that the Key Describer is on Now press any key on the unit and a description of its function will be spoken Turn off the Key Describer function by pressing and holding down the Menu key The PLEXTALK will beep and announce that the Key Describer is off 5 10 Inserting and ejecting SD card USB memory and CD To insert the SD card do the following Turn off the power Insert the SD card into the SD card slot on the left side of the unit Hold the SD card so that the cut off corner may be located at the front right corner In other words the cut off corner should be nearest to the front side of the unit 24 Press
59. k the current track will repeat continuously until playback is stopped 64 Repeat album the current album will repeat continuously until playback is stopped Repeat all albums all albums will be repeated sequentially until playback is stopped Shuffle repeat the files in all the album will be continuously played in random order until playback is stopped In order to select a playback mode do the following Press the Menu key once to access the Main Menu Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the Playback Setting option and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key The currently selected playing mode will be spoken Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to your preferred playing mode and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key Your selection will be made and the menu system will be exited automatically Note When you select a playback mode it will remain the default playback mode for Audio Files until you change it again even if the unit is turned off and back on 13 Playing Text Files Reminder In the context of this guide Text Files can either be plain text or HTML files No pre recorded audio is associated with Text Files so PLEXTALK will automatically use the built in text to speech engine when accessing these files Whilst many of the details of playing a Text File with PLEXTALK are very similar to play a DAISY title this chapter highlights a number of important
60. ked for page navigation the reader can go direct to specific pages or can skip backwards or forward a page at a time To make this possible the producer of the book must include the page markers when they create the book The pages will be automatically numbered from 1 upwards starting from the beginning of the recording The reader cannot add pages Note Page markers in a DAISY book should always be placed at the start of the text on the relevant print page and not at the bottom where the page number often appears This means that when you go to a page in the finished DAISY book you will always be at the top of the page when it starts to play 3 4 4 Groups The group marker can be used to identify items in the book that the reader might wish to go to independently of the other navigation structures For example diagrams tables points of note safety information and so on When it is used carefully it could be extremely useful Groups cannot be specified by the reader and must be inserted by the DAISY book producer 3 4 5 Phrases When the book is being recorded the audio files may be automatically divided into segments called phrases The recording software will decide on where a phrase starts and ends based on the 13 amount of silence between one piece of audio and the next The length of silence permitted before a new phrase is created is called the pause time and can be adjusted by the person making the DAISY record
61. l holes is facing to your right and the projection is facing to the top Carefully place the battery into the battery slot vertically Close the battery cover and push it from the left side to the right side to close tightly Fix the cover with the screw 21 WARNING You should only use the recommended battery with this unit Failure to do so may cause an explosion or fire 5 6 Charging PLEXTALK In order to charge the internal battery you need to connect the PLEXTALK to the mains supply Do this as follows Place the PLEXTALK face up in its normal operating position To charge the battery using mains power plug the supplied AC adapter into the power input terminal on the centre of the back face Then plug the power adaptor into the mains socket Charging will start 5 7 Maintenance and battery care It is important that you look after your PLEXTALK properly to ensure that you do not cause accidental damage to it the battery or the media It is strongly recommended that you read this section carefully 5 7 1 Unit care When cleaning your PLEXTALK take note of the following points WARNING Always disconnect PLEXTALK from the mains supply before cleaning Carefully wipe any dust and dirt from PLEXTALK with a soft cloth that has been slightly dampened with a diluted neutral detergent then wipe dry with a cloth 5 7 2 Battery care 22 In order that you get the most out of your r
62. ll ask you to enter the time with 4 digits It will also prompt that you can use the Fast Forward or Rewind key to select AM or PM 34 for the time setting Lastly it will play the time that is set at present Use the Number Pad to enter the current time with 4 digits and press Enter Use leading zeros where necessary Press the Cancel key to clear the input number Press it once more to return to setting current day If you wish to select the AM or PM setting before pressing the Enter key use the Rewind key or Fast Forward key to make your selection The date and time should now be set correctly and the PLEXTALK will automatically exit this feature By way of confirmation the date and time that you have just entered will be spoken back to you 8 3 Selecting a preferred waiting sound When the PLEXTALK is busy such as when it is accessing a media it plays a sound to indicate that it is carrying out that action The PLEXTALK gives you 3 choices of waiting sounds which are Waiting sound 1 Waiting sound 2 and No waiting sound To select your preferred waiting sound do the following Press the Menu key once to access the Main Menu Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the System settings option and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the Select the waiting sound option and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key The PLEXTALK will announc
63. lst at the same time being able to access the information quickly when you need to 10 9 Selecting the SD card USB media or CD At times you may wish to switch from using an SD card to another media or vice versa You can do this as follows 44 Press the Next Title key and Previous Title key together or press the bookshelf key repeatedly until your desired media is announced PLEXTALK will move sequentially through the 3 available options SD card USB and CD The item which was last played in that media will be announced at first If there is no media inserted PLEXTALK will say There is no SD card USB device or CD followed by No title has been selected Please select another title After your desired media is announced use the Next Title key or Previous Title key to move through the available contents on that media When you are on the item you wish to play press the Play Stop key and playback will start at the last playing position in that item 10 10 Getting information about your SD card USB media or CD From time to time you may wish to check the status of the SD card USB media or CD You can get a variety of information as follows With the SD card USB media or CD ensure that PLEXTALK is switched to focus on the appropriate media by pressing the Next Title key and Previous Title key together until the desired media is spoken Press the Menu key once to access the Main Menu
64. lti volume disc This is a DAISY title CD in which one book is recorded on multiple CDs Indexing can move by headings pages bookmarks etc spanning across discs 93 Phrase In the DAISY format a phrase is the recorded audio between one moment of silence and the next The length of the silence to be detected before creating a new phrase is called the phrase pause time SD card Secure Digital SD is a flash memory card format developed by Matsushita SanDisk and Toshiba for use in portable devices Today it is widely used in digital cameras handheld computers PDAs mobile phones GPS receivers and video game consoles SDHC card This stands for Secure Digital High Capacity and is a flash memory card format that supports capacities greater than 4GB Section A section in a DAISY title is the piece of audio between one heading and the next Headings are used to mark such things as chapters sections and sub sections in a book Do not confuse a section in a DAISY title and a section in a book See Chapter 3 for further information about DAISY structures Special pages This is a DAISY feature that allows pages to be appended by rules that are different from the text pages For example attached tables and figures in the midst of a book are recorded as special pages You cannot navigate to a special page using the Title key but you can navigate to them sequentially using the Page option on the Navigation menu 94 Text t
65. mands and the equivalent ones for DAISY titles so you should find them simple to learn Before continuing with this chapter ensure that you have inserted an SD card USB media or CD which contains Audio Files in the correct audio format or a Music CD so you can try out the features as you progress Reminder In this guide the term Audio Files refers to files that have been created using a PC or IC recorder As previously mentioned PLEXTALK is capable of playing audio files which are in any of the following file formats Wave MP3 or AMR WB CAUTION The SD card slot is only for SD or SDHC cards Using other types of memory cards such as Memory Stick or MMC will cause a malfunction and should not be used CAUTION PLEXTALK may not be able to play a Music CD that is not compliant with the CD digital audio CD DA standard such as copy protected Music CDs 12 1 About audio files This section gives you some more technical information about the types of audio files that can be used with your PLEXTALK The file types are as follows MP3 Files MP3 short for MPEG1 2 Audio Layer 3 is a standard for the compression of audio data It allows compression ratios of 1 10 or even 1 12 with Music CD quality PLEXTALK supports the following bit rates MPEG1 Layer 3 from 32kbps to 320kbps and MPEG2 Layer 3 from 16kbps to 160kbps It also supports VBR Variable Bit Rate Note For VBR the reporting of the elapsed time and remaining
66. move upwards or downwards The items you hear spoken are the options available to you from the Navigation Menu at that time The available options will vary depending on what kind of contents you are using and the structure of the data For example on a DAISY titles if the book does not have pages coded into it the Page option will not appear on the Navigation Menu In essence PLEXTALK will only offer you navigation options that are appropriate to you at that time Having selected your preferred navigation method you can now use your Number 4 or 6 key to move backwards or forwards at your chosen level of navigation For example when using the built in User s Guide if you go to the Level 1 option with your Number 2 or 8 key and then use your Number 4 or 6 key you will be able to move backwards or forwards to the next Level 1 heading Note The default navigation level for DAISY titles is Level 1 for Audio File is Track and for Text File is Paragraph Currently selected navigation levels are not saved when you shut down PLEXTALK Note If you do not know what navigation is available to you in a particular item press the Number 2 or 8 key repeatedly to quickly find out 10 8 Understanding how PLEXTALK groups files and folders At the beginning of this chapter you learned about some basic guidelines for the format of the files that PLEXTALK is able to access 43 and about how they should be stored on an SD card
67. n To move up one level in the menu press the Number 2 key or the Cancel key The menu option on the higher level menu to which you have moved will be spoken 27 Pressing the Number 2 key or the Cancel key when at the Main Menu level will exit completely from the menu system To exit immediately from the menu system from any level in the structure press the Menu key Note Some of the menu options provide you with information that might be difficult to remember after hearing it once for example the system version number and PLEXTALK serial number In these situations the information is repeated until you choose to cancel the message If you wish to cancel the message and exit the menu completely press the Menu key If you wish to cancel the message and stay in the menu system press the Number 2 key or the Cancel key the Star key 6 3 Getting help when in the menu system When you are anywhere in the menu system you can get a reminder of the item you are on by pressing the Information key once 7 Quick start instructions This chapter is designed to give you information about using your PLEXTALK as a DAISY player It outlines how to use PLEXTALK s functions but does not describe them in detail The main sections in this Quick Start chapter relate to the basic controls and playing DAISY titles Note The instructions in this chapter assume that you are sufficiently familiar with PLEXTALK s layout that you do
68. n Menu Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the System settings option and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the Select the synthetic voice option and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key Use the Number 4 or 6 key to select between female voice and male voice and select your preferred voice by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key PLEXTALK will make your selection the new default text to speech voice and will exit the menu system 8 1 2 Selecting the pitch of the synthetic voice To adjust the pitch of the built in text to speech voice do the following Press the Menu key once to access the Main Menu Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the System settings option and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the Select the pitch of the synthetic voice option and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key Use the Number 4 or 6 key to choose your preferred pitch setting in the range from 5 to 5 with 0 being the normal setting and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key The PLEXTALK will make your selection the new default setting and will exit the menu system 33 8 2 Setting the date and time Reminder To check the current date and time press and hold down the Information key The Information key is between the Number 6 key and sleep time
69. nding out the system version or the serial number of your PLEXTALK this is easily done as follows Press the Menu key once to access the Main Menu Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the System settings option and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key 77 Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the System properties option and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key The system version and serial number will be played repeatedly When you have noted the information that you require press the Enter key or Number 8 key to exit the menu system Note The serial number should also be printed on the label on the bottom surface 15 2 Skippable settings Some DAISY books have items that you are able to skip PLEXTALK enables you to select whether you skip the item or not This feature is called Skippable Skippable items are as follows Page number Footnote Note reference Annotation Line number Sidebar Producer note To set the Skippable settings do the following Press the Menu key once to access the Main Menu Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the Skippable option and select it by pressing the Enter key Use the Number 2 or 8 key to select Skippable item and use the Number 4 or 6 key to select Skip or Play After deciding all the Skippable items to be skipped or not press the Enter key Then PLEXTALK will make y
70. o Speech TTS This is a means of converting normal language text into synthetic speech to give access to information that may otherwise not be accessible Title DAISY definition The title page presents the full title of the book the name of the author editor or translator and the name and location of the publishing house If the book is a new edition of a work previously published the number of the edition may also appear on the title page following the title Additional items such as publishing year and colophon sometimes appear on the title page USB Universal Serial Bus This is a PC interface specification for connecting peripheral equipment It is intended to communalize such peripherals as a mouse keyboards printers modems and speakers which had been separate in the past Wave file This is a digitized sound file format for Microsoft Windows which has WAV as the filename extension Most pre mastering software will extract CD CD audio tracks and write them to the hard disk as a Wave file Always ensure that you have enough space on your hard drive when extracting songs from a CD to Wave files For example a 4 minutes song when written as a Wave file takes about 40 50 MB This is a digital conversion and when done properly will result in a perfect copy of the original song or audio track Wave files can have various qualities of sound depending on how they are created or saved but the most common is 44 1kHz 16 Bit
71. omatically from the beginning To move to the end of a DAISY title do the following Press the GoTo key twice The guide speech will say Go to heading This will be followed by a verbal reminder that the Number 0 key followed by the Enter key can be pressed at this point to go to the end Press the Number 0 key followed by the Enter key and the playing position will move to the end of the current item The guide speech will say End of title 11 4 Page navigation Navigating to pages is very similar to heading navigation You can either go to pages direct or you can move through the available pages one at a time When using PLEXTALK pages are numbered sequentially from the start of the title To go direct to a specified page do the following Press the GoTo key once The guide speech will say Go to page Using the Number Pad type in the number of the page you wish to go to 55 Press the Enter key to confirm or the Cancel key to clear your entry When you have entered a valid page number and pressed the Enter key PLEXTALK will switch to the page you selected and playback will start automatically If you have entered an invalid page number the guide speech will announce an error message To navigate pages sequentially do the following Use the Number 2 or 8 key to go to the Page option on the Navigation Menu Press the Number 4 key to move backwards to the previous page
72. on the CD to the DAISY title that you wish to backup Press the Number 9 key once to access the Backup feature PLEXTALK will say Select a target media Press the Number 4 or 6 key to choose the SD card USB media or Internal Memory Then press the Enter key or Number 8 key to confirm PLEXTALK will ask you to confirm that you wish to continue with the backup Press the Enter key or Number 8 key again to continue or the Cancel key to abort If you choose to continue the backup process will start PLEXTALK will announce when the backup is complete Note If there is not enough space available in the target media PLEXTALK will indicate the necessary capacity Note The backup time will depend on the size of the source title and numbers of files Note If you wish to cancel the backup process whilst it is running press the Cancel key 14 4 2 Backup a DAISY title from a media to other media To back up a DAISY title from a media to other media do the following If you use SD card or USB media insert SD card or USB media with sufficient free space Ensure that SD card is unlocked Navigate on the source media to the title that you wish to back up Press the Number 9 key once to access the backup feature PLEXTALK will say Select a target media Press the Number 4 or 6 key to choose the target media Then press the Enter key or Number 8 key to confirm PLEXTALK will ask you to confirm
73. onnect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help 3 CAUTION Any changes or modification not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Canadian Department of Communications Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil numerique de la classe B est conforme a la norme NMB 003 du Canada CAUTION Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure TABLE OF CONTENTS PLEXTALK PTN2 1 User s Guide 1 IMPORTANT NOTICES 2 FCC NOTICE 2 Canadian Department of Communications Statement 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 1 About this gu
74. or Number 8 key The currently selected playing mode will be spoken Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to your preferred playing mode and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key Your selection will be made and the menu system will be exited automatically 14 Media management features 69 PLEXTALK enables you to backup your data erase titles This chapter describes how to carry out these processes for DAISY titles Audio Files and for Text Files It also indicates the limitations that apply 14 1 Available media This section describes the types of media that can be handled by PLEXTALK The media types are as follows SD card USB media Used for playback of DAISY content Audio Files and Text Files Used for moving items from other media CD Used for playback of DAISY content Audio Files or Text Files Note If a CD has multiple kinds of content for example DAISY files and Audio files PLEXTALK will recognize one kind of content only Note External USB CD DVD drive can not be used with PLEXTALK 14 2 Deleting a title PLEXTALK enables you to delete a title album or text file on an SD card or USB media When you erase a title you delete the title and all the audio from that title To delete a title do the following Go to the title that you wish to delete Press the Menu key once to access the Main Menu Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the Media management
75. or up to 1000 titles albums or text files 10 13 2 Add bookmarks This section tells you how to add Numbered Bookmarks into your title or album Reminder The Bookmark key is the bottom left key of the unit To find out information about the bookmarks in the current title whether PLEXTALK is playing or not do the following Press the Information key once and PLEXTALK will announce a number of things including information about the Numbered Bookmarks in the current title Press the Information key repeatedly to quickly step through the list of items spoken Press the Enter key to stop speech after you have heard what you want 47 To insert a Numbered Bookmark whether PLEXTALK is playing or not do the following Press the Bookmark key twice PLEXTALK will say Add bookmark Using the Number Pad enter the number you wish to assign to this bookmark Press the Enter key to confirm or the Cancel key to clear your entry If you try to assign the same number as an existing bookmark PLEXTALK gives you the chance to overwrite the existing bookmark or assign a different number Press the Enter key to overwrite the existing bookmark or the Cancel key to assign a different number When you have selected a valid number for your bookmark PLEXTALK will confirm that the bookmark has been set Note PLEXTALK will not allow you to add a bookmark in the same position as an existing bookmark Not
76. orward key is the Title key It is divided into the right and the left at the centre The right side is called Next Title key the left side is called Previous Title key The use of these keys are as follows 19 Information key used to get the information of the DAISY book audio files and text files Press and hold the key to hear the current date and time Title key used to switch media by pressing the right side and left side together To switch titles press the right side called Next Title key or the left side called Previous Title key The other three keys are arranged linearly on the right side of the unit The top key is a small round shaped and the bottom key is a small square shaped The centre of the two keys is a larger round shaped key which is slightly sunken From top to bottom the three keys are Sleep timer key used to set sleep timer Power button used for power on off Eject key used for ejecting CDs 5 4 2 Front face The CD Insertion Ejection Slot is located at the front of the unit Insert your DAISY book CD music CD or MP3CD into the slot Once the CD has been inserted the CD will be taken into the unit automatically 5 4 3 Left side On the left side of the unit there are three items From front to back there are the SD card slot the headphone jack and the USB slot The SD card slot is for both the SD card and SDHC card The USB slot can be used for USB fla
77. our selection the new default setting and will exit the menu system 78 15 3 Reset PLEXTALK to factory defaults If for any reason you need to set all the PLEXTALK settings back to their factory defaults this can be achieved very simply This section details what the default settings are and how to reset the PLEXTALK 15 3 1 Factory default settings The following is a list of all the default settings for the PLEXTALK If the Initialise all settings to default function is used all these settings will be reset to the values listed Playback volume Main volume 13 Playback speed Normal Playback tone Normal Playback setting Normal playback Skippable Play Guide volume Normal Synthetic voice Female voice Select waiting sound Waiting sound 1 The pitch of the synthetic voice Normal 15 3 2 Resetting factory defaults To reset all settings back to the factory defaults do the following Press the Menu key once to access the Main Menu Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the System settings option and select it by pressing the Enter key Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the Initialize all settings to default option and select it by pressing the Enter key PLEXTALK will ask you to confirm that you wish to proceed Press the Enter key to set all settings to factory defaults or the Cancel key to abort After a short while PLEXTALK will restart 79
78. r Bookmark not defined 15 Other useful features 76 15 1 Checking system properties 76 15 2 Skippable settings 77 15 3 Reset PLEXTALK to factory defaults 78 Appendix A Main specifications 79 Appendix B Menu hierarchy 83 Appendix C Troubleshooting 86 Appendix D Glossary 90 Index 95 1 About this guide Congratulations on the purchase of your new PLEXTALK This guide contains all the information you will need to get started with your new PLEXTALK It has been written in a way which will allow you to learn progressively starting with the basic concepts and building up to the more technical operations that you can try as you gain in confidence The guide is provided in DAISY 3 text format and as electronic files in text and Microsoft Word formats The DAISY text version is built in to the PLEXTALK itself as a help file The MS Word and the text versions are on the User s Guide CD which is included in the box with yo
79. r Number 8 key to proceed or the Cancel key to abort If you choose to proceed PLEXTALK will start the backup PLEXTALK will announce when the backup is complete Note If there is not enough space available in the target media PLEXTALK will indicate the necessary capacity Note The backup time will depend on the size of the source title and numbers of files Note If you wish to cancel the backup process whilst it is running press the Cancel key 74 14 5 3 Backup time for music CD For the range of available sample rates or bit rates the approximate backup times are given below Backing up about 70 minutes of audio from a music CD to SD card PCM 44 1kHz Stereo 80 minutes approximately MP3 256K Stereo 50 minutes approximately MP3 128K Stereo 40 minutes approximately Note All times are approximate The backup time will depend on the size of the source title and numbers of files It will also depend on the writing speed of the SD card 14 6 Backing up a text file This section details how to backup Text Files between a media and other media 14 6 1 Backup a text file from a CD to other media To backup a Text File from a CD to other media do the following If you backup a Text File to SD card or USB media insert SD card or USB media with sufficient free space Ensure that SD card is unlocked Insert the CD containing the Text File you wish to backup Navigate on the CD
80. r key To set the date and time for the internal clock do the following Press the Menu key and select System Settings by using the Number 4 or 6 key and then press the Enter key or Number 8 key to confirm Select the Set the date and time option from the menu and press the Enter key or Number 8 key The PLEXTALK will ask you to input the year with 4 digits and will announce the current setting Use the Number Pad to enter the current year with 4 digits and press Enter or just press Enter to accept the current setting Press the Cancel key to clear the input number Press it once more to cancel setting system time When you have confirmed your entry the PLEXTALK will ask you to input the month It will then announce the month that is set at present Use the Number Pad to enter the current month with 2 digits and then press Enter or just press Enter to accept the current setting Press the Cancel key to clear the input number Press it once more to return to setting current year When you have confirmed your entry the PLEXTALK will ask you to input the day It will then announce the day that is set at present Use the Number Pad to enter the current day with 2 digits and then press Enter or just press the Enter key to accept the current setting Press the Cancel key to clear the input number Press it once more to return to setting current month When you have confirmed your entry the PLEXTALK wi
81. ression and press the Enter key or Number 8 key to confirm your selection PLEXTALK will ask you to confirm that you wish to proceed with the backup Press the Enter key or Number 8 key again to proceed or the Cancel key to abort 73 If you choose to proceed PLEXTALK will start the backup PLEXTALK will announce when the backup is complete Note The audio compression option is only available when backing up a Music CD Note If there is not enough space available in the target media PLEXTALK will indicate the necessary capacity Note The backup time will depend on the size of the source title and numbers of files See the later section called Backup time for music CD for further information Note If you wish to cancel the backup process whilst it is running press the Cancel key 14 5 2 Back up audio files from a media to other media To back up Audio Files from a media to other media do the following If you use SD card or USB media insert SD card or USB media with sufficient free space Ensure that SD card is unlocked Navigate on the source media to the album that you wish to back up Press the Number 9 key once to access the backup feature PLEXTALK will say Select a target media Press the Number 4 or 6 key to choose the target media Then press the Enter key or Number 8 key to confirm PLEXTALK will ask you to confirm that you wish to proceed with the backup Press the Enter key o
82. rs to the number of bits of data transmitted in one second CD DA This is a CD format CD DA is short for CD Digital Audio Music CDs that play on audio equipment are saved in this format Copyright information This is information about the year of publication and the owner of a book s copyright DAISY book DAISY is short for Digital Accessible Information System A recording made in the DAISY format is generally known as a DAISY book or DAISY title The DAISY format allows the book producer to code in a hierarchical navigation structure with up to 6 levels Further information about the DAISY format is given in Chapter 3 of this guide 91 dB This is an abbreviation for decibel A decibel is a unit of measure for volume Front pages Pages at the front of some books These are usually characterized by page numbering that is in Roman numerals or by alphabetic characters instead of numbers In PLEXTALK these are recorded as front pages You cannot use the Title Key to move to this type of page however you can move to a page of this type by going to the Page option on the Navigation menu and move backwards or forwards using the Number 4 and 6 Key Group A group is a DAISY navigation feature that allows the user to find specific items quickly For example groups might be used to mark diagrams tables or images Heading The first phrase of a section and the place where the section changes is often called a heading
83. sh memory 5 4 4 Right side There are no items on the right side of the unit 20 5 4 5 Back face There is one item on the rear of the unit On the centre is a small round hole in a square shaped housing This is the DC input terminal which is the socket to take the AC power supply 5 4 6 Bottom surface Carefully turn over your PLEXTALK and place it face down on the flat surface keeping the front of PLEXTALK towards you A little left from the centre of the bottom surface there are 3 raised ridges These are at the right end of the battery cover The battery cover is fixed with the screw located at the lower left of the battery cover To open the battery cover remove the screw at first Then put the thumb of your hand on the 3 ridges to slide the battery cover to the left only a little and open the battery cover from the left edge of the cover It should release fairly easily without putting extra pressure 5 5 Inserting the battery In order to insert or replace the battery do the following Turn off the power and remove the power adapter Carefully turn over your PLEXTALK and place it face down on the flat surface keeping the front of PLEXTALK towards you Open the battery cover as described in the previous section and pick up the old battery using the projecting part which is on the left side of the battery Locate the new battery and orientate it so that the one edge which has five smal
84. stopped previously To stop playback press the Play Stop key Note If a book or album has played all the way to the end it will stop automatically unless a playback mode which overrides this action has been selected Pressing the Play Stop key when the book or album has played to the end will cause the book or album to commence playback from the beginning again 10 3 Changing the playback volume 39 Reminder The Volume key which is divided into the Volume up and the Volume down key is the top key on the top surface of the unit between the Speed and the Tone key The volume can be set on a scale from 0 to 25 in steps of 1 with 0 being silent and 25 being the highest possible setting To increase the playback volume either press the Volume up key repeatedly increasing the level by 1 setting each time or press and hold down the Volume up key until the volume reaches the desired level To decrease the playback volume either press the Volume down key repeatedly decreasing the level by 1 setting each time or press and hold down the Volume down key until the volume reaches the desired level When PLEXTALK is not playing each time you adjust the volume it will beep and announce the volume level selected for example Volume 16 However when PLEXTALK is playing it will beep but will not announce the volume setting selected Note Each time you make an adjustment a beep will be heard A higher pitched
85. t file On music files this procedure will delete all the bookmarks on all albums in current media When you confirm the action PLEXTALK will remove the specified bookmark from the current title and will confirm this with a spoken message Note If you enter an invalid bookmark number PLEXTALK will announce an error message 10 14 The built in help file PLEXTALK is supplied with a built in help file that you can access at any time The file does not contain the full contents of the User s Guide but it does contain the most important chapters that you may wish to refer to whilst using your PLEXTALK The file has been created in DAISY 3 text only format and uses the built in synthetic speech 10 14 1 Accessing the built in help file To access the built in help file do the following 50 Press the Number 0 key once PLEXTALK will load the help file at the position you were playing the last time you used it Navigate the file in the same way that you navigate other DAISY text only titles Further information on navigating DAISY titles will be given in the following chapter To exit the help file do the following Either press the Number 0 key once or press the Title key to switch to one of the other media 10 14 2 Getting information in the help file When using the help file to get a range of information whether PLEXTALK is playing or not do the following Press the Information key on
86. that you wish to continue with the backup Press the Enter key or Number 8 key again to continue or the Cancel key to abort 72 If you choose to continue the backup process will start PLEXTALK will announce when the backup is complete Note If there is not enough space available in the target media PLEXTALK will indicate the necessary capacity Note The time for backup will depend on the size of the source title and numbers of files Note If you wish to cancel the backup process whilst it is running press the Cancel key 14 5 Backing up audio files music CD PLEXTALK enables you to backup audio files from a media to other media You can back up a whole album at once This section details how you should carry out this process 14 5 1 Backup audio files music CD to other media To backup Audio Files Music CD to other media do the following If you backup an album to SD card or USB media insert SD card or USB media with sufficient free space Ensure that SD card is unlocked Insert the source CD into the CD slot If there are multiple albums navigate to the album that you wish to backup Press the Number 9 key once to access the Backup feature PLEXTALK will say Select a target media Press the Number 4 or 6 key to choose the target media Then press the Enter key or Number 8 key to confirm When backing up from a Music CD press the Number 4 or 6 key to go to your preferred audio comp
87. the 10 minutes option is spoken playback will start at the place the key is released If the key is released after this point the fast rewind or fast forward will continue until the Play Stop key is pressed to stop the process Playback will then start automatically When you play a text only DAISY book the fast rewind or fast forward will skip 5 phrases 10 phrases 15 phrases and so on If the key is released playback will start When you play a text file the fast rewind or fast forward will skip 5 sentences 10 sentences 15 sentences and so on If the key is released playback will start 10 13 Using bookmarks Bookmarks are a very powerful way of enhancing the navigation options in a DAISY title Audio File or Text File This section tells you 46 about the types of bookmark available to you and how to add navigate and delete them 10 13 1 Types of bookmark There are 2 types of bookmark you can use in PLEXTALK as follows Numbered Bookmarks You can add up to 10000 Numbered Bookmarks Each bookmark is assigned a unique number in the range 1 to 65000 If you try to exceed the 10000 limit the oldest bookmark is automatically deleted before the new one is created Resume Bookmarks For every title album or text file the current playing location will be stored so playback can be resumed from that location the next time the title album or text file is used Note PLEXTALK will remember the Resume Bookmark f
88. the Sleep Timer key once PLEXTALK will say Sleep timer 15 minutes Set Press the Sleep Timer key again to increase the time for shutting down The Sleep Timer setting will increase by 15 minutes for each press up to a maximum of 1 hour Repeat pressing the Sleep Timer key until you reach the desired setting 37 9 4 2 Cancelling the sleep timer To cancel the sleep timer do the following Press the Sleep Timer key PLEXTALK will tell you that the sleep timer is currently on and the number of minutes remaining before shut down Keep pressing the Sleep Timer key repeatedly until PLEXTALK says Off 10 Playing features common to all formats All the operations mentioned in this chapter apply equally to play DAISY titles Audio Files and Text Files Before progressing further it is important that in the context of this guide these terms are clearly understood A DAISY title is a DAISY book on either an SD card a USB media or a CD These drives can contain one or more DAISY titles Each DAISY title must be contained in its own folder The audio files in the DAISY title must be Wave MP3 or AMR WB format Audio Files that are not part of a DAISY title can be stored as individual files or in a folder on an SD card a USB media or a CD PLEXTALK is able to recognise and play audio files in the following file formats MP3 Wave AMR WB and Ogg Vorbis Text files are files that are either in plain
89. the beginning of an album 62 12 7 Album navigation 62 12 8 Selecting a playback mode 63 13 Playing Text Files 64 13 1 Getting text file information 64 13 2 Differences between plain text and HTML files 65 13 3 Navigating by percentage 66 13 4 Moving to the beginning or end of a text file 66 13 5 Navigating by paragraph sentence word or character 67 13 6 Navigating by level HTML files only 67 13 7 Playback mode 68 14 Media management features 68 14 1 Available media 69 14 2 Deleting a title 69 14 3 General backup and move information Error Bookmark not defined 6 14 4 Backing up or moving DAISY titles Error Bookmark not defined 14 5 Backing up or moving audio files music CD Error Bookmark not defined 14 6 Backing up or moving a text file Erro
90. time is not accurate and should be viewed as an estimate only 59 WAVE Files The Wave format is Microsoft s standard audio file format PLEXTALK supports Wave files in PCM Pulse Code Modulation format only AMR WB This is a standard for compression of audio data PLEXTALK supports all bit rates for this audio standard Ogg Vorbis Files Ogg Vorbis is a free licensed audio compression format 12 2 About playing sequences This section gives you information about the playing sequence used for playing files and folders Playback of files PLEXTALK will playback the files in the order of their file names In this case numbers take precedence over alphabetical characters For example if one file is called 123ABC and a second file is called ABC the file 123ABC will play before the file called ABC Playback of folders If more than one folder exists on the SD card or USB media the audio files will be played in the order of the folder names Example At the Root level there is Folder 1 Folder 4 and File A Under Folder 1 there is Folder 2 Folder 3 and File B Under Folder 2 there is File E and File F Under Folder 3 there is File G and File H Under Folder 4 there is File C and File D In the above example the playing sequence would be A B E F G H C and D 12 3 Restrictions on Audio files 60 When playing an Audio File SD card USB media or CD you should bear in mind
91. tings and select guide volume then press the Number 4 or 6 key to set the required volume Then press the Enter key to confirm and close the menu Increase the playback speed by pressing the Speed up key Decrease the speed by pressing the Speed down key You can press and hold the key to change the speed quickly Raise the playback tone by pressing the Tone up key Lower the tone by pressing the Tone down key You can press and hold the key to change the tone quickly Insert an SD card by pushing into the SD card slot at the left of the unit Ensure that the SD card is inserted with the label side upwards 29 and the cut off corner is on the front right edge towards the front of the unit The PLEXTALK will recognise that it has been inserted and will automatically access the card contents Eject the SD card by pressing the SD card in and releasing it Before ejecting the card you must ensure that the unit is turned off If you do not do this you may cause damage to the card contents List a range of information about the current media and title by pressing the Information key Press this key repeatedly to step quickly through the items in the list Check the current date and time on the internal clock by pressing and holding down the Information key To set the internal date and time press the menu key and select the Set the date and time option from the System settings menu Enter the date and time following spoken instruc
92. tions When finished the PLEXTALK will confirm the date and time you have set Enter and exit the built in help file by pressing the Number 0 key at any time The help file is in DAISY 3 text only format 7 2 Playing DAISY titles In order to try out the features in this section you may wish to open a DAISY title Why not use the built in help file as this contains a DAISY version of the main chapters of this guide Press the Number 0 key once to load the help file Pressing this key again will exit from the help document Press the Play Stop key to start playback Note that if you have used the User s Guide in the unit before it will automatically start playback from where it finished playing on the previous occasion Press the Play Stop key a second time to stop playback 30 When the PLEXTALK has played a DAISY title to the end it will stop automatically Pressing the Play Stop key at this stage will cause PLEXTALK to start playback from the beginning again To go to the beginning of the DAISY title press the GoTo key twice followed by the Enter key To go to the end of the title press the GoTo key twice followed by the Number 0 key and then the Enter key Use the Number 2 or 8 key to move through the available navigation options for the current DAISY book Use the Number 4 or 6 key to move back or forward on the selected navigation option To jump back or forward a phrase you need to select Phrase from the navigation
93. to the Text File that you wish to backup Press the Number 9 key once to access the Backup feature PLEXTALK will say Select a target media Press the Number 4 or 6 key to choose the target media Then press the Enter key or Number 8 key to confirm 75 PLEXTALK will ask you to confirm that you wish to continue with the backup Press the Enter key again to continue or the Cancel key to abort If you choose to continue the backup process will start PLEXTALK will announce when the backup is complete Note If you wish to cancel the backup process whilst it is running press the Cancel key 14 6 2 Back up a text file from a media to other media To back up a Text File from a media to other media do the following If you use SD card or USB media insert SD card or USB media with sufficient free space Ensure that SD card is unlocked Navigate on the source media to the Text File that you wish to back up Press the Number 9 key once to access the backup feature PLEXTALK will say Select a target media Press the Number 4 or 6 key to choose the target media Then press the Enter key or Number 8 key to confirm PLEXTALK will ask you to confirm that you wish to continue with the backup Press the Enter key or Number 8 key again to continue or the Cancel key to abort If you choose to continue the backup process will start PLEXTALK will announce when the backup is complete Note
94. tom to the top of the available range will make the tone move from a more bass sound to a more treble sound To increase the tone press the Tone up key If PLEXTALK is not playing the guide will announce the setting you have selected for example Tone 5 If PLEXTALK is playing playback will be temporarily halted as you make your adjustments To decrease the tone press Tone down key If PLEXTALK is not playing the guide will announce the setting you have selected for example Tone 3 If PLEXTALK is playing playback will be temporarily halted as you make your adjustments Note Each time you make an adjustment a beep will be heard A higher pitched beep indicates the top or bottom of the available range and a lower pitched beep indicates the normal tone position Note Pressing and holding the Tone up key or down key will cause the tone setting to change rapidly in the relevant direction This saves you having to repeatedly press the key Note Pressing the Tone up key and down key together will lead to normal tone position 10 7 Accessing the Navigation menu 42 One of the most useful features of PLEXTALK is the ability to choose how you want to navigate This is done by using the Navigation Menu which is available to you at any time unless you are already in the Main Menu system To use the Navigation Menu do the following Assuming that you are not in the Main Menu system use the Number 2 or 8 key to
95. uce sound works to which you own the copyright or where you have gained permission from the copyright owner or the rightful licenser Unless you own the copyright or have gained the appropriate permission from the copyright owner or the rightful licenser your unauthorized recording reproduction or distribution thereof may result in severe civil and criminal penalties under copyright laws and international copyright treaties If you are uncertain about your rights contact your legal advisor Under no circumstances will Shinano Kenshi be responsible for the consequences of any illegal copying performed using this PLEXTALK recorder 9 2 3 2 Music CDs Copies of Music CDs are for individual enjoyment and under the Copyright Act cannot be used otherwise without the authorization of the copyright holder 3 Introduction to DAISY This chapter gives an overview of the DAISY format and some of the terminology used If you are new to the DAISY format you should read this chapter thoroughly If you are an experienced DAISY user you may wish to skim read the chapter or bypass it altogether 3 1 What is DAISY DAISY is an acronym which stands for Digital Accessible Information System It is the format which is being developed as the international standard for digital talking books DAISY books can be played on a dedicated hardware player or on a computer equipped with the appropriate software 3 2 Main features of DAISY Th
96. ur PLEXTALK The electronic files are located in a folder called Manual Once you get to know the structure of the guide you should find it easy to navigate to any section you wish to read If you are a beginner to the DAISY format it is recommended that you read through the guide sequentially learning as you go If you are an advanced user or have had experience of using the PLEXTALK you may wish to bypass some of the preliminary information In either 7 case before continuing you may find it useful to review Chapter 4 which gives an overview of the features of your new PLEXTALK For those who wish to get started quickly you may wish to read the Quick start instructions in Chapter 7 This gives you an introduction to the features required for using PLEXTALK as a player If you prefer to learn about the features in more detail you can bypass this section and work your way more carefully through the main chapters of the guide Note The Quick Start chapter does not cover features in depth so please be aware that many of the details have been omitted Note Whether you wish to get started quickly or more methodically you should ensure that you read Chapter 2 and Chapter 5 before progressing These chapters detail the legal and copyright restrictions getting started information safety information and issues relating to looking after your PLEXTALK properly 2 Legal and copyright information This chapter contains important
97. utes of inactivity even if the battery level is still OK If you do not want the PLEXTALK to shut down during this warning period just carry out one of the operating functions for example start playback or access the menu system The PLEXTALK can then be left for a further 15 minutes of inactivity before the same warning will be spoken again Note PLEXTALK will not automatically shut down if it is running on mains power 36 9 3 Compulsory power off function If for any reason PLEXTALK will not shut down or you are not able to navigate with any keys you can try using the compulsory power off function as an alternative to remove the battery To use the compulsory power off feature press and hold down the Sleep timer key and Power button together for more than 10 seconds PLEXTALK should shut down and restart Note If this method does not work and your PLEXTALK is still powered on you should plug off the AC adaptor remove the battery and insert the battery again as detailed in Section 5 5 9 4 Sleep timer function The Sleep Timer feature enables you to specify an amount of time after which PLEXTALK will shut down This can be handy if you want to listen to a DAISY book or music for a set amount of time This section shows you how to set and cancel the sleep timer 9 4 1 Setting the sleep timer Reminder The Sleep Timer key is just above the Power button To set the sleep timer do the following Press
98. y have a maximum of 10000 bookmarks in total To go to a bookmark that you have added press the Bookmark key once and enter the number of the bookmark that you want to go to and then press the Enter key To remove a bookmark the general procedure is to press the Bookmark key three times enter the number of the bookmark you wish to remove and then press the Enter key You can clear all bookmarks in the current title by entering the number 0 and pressing the Enter key 8 Setting up your PLEXTALK There are several features of the PLEXTALK which are useful to set up before starting to use it These can be done at any time but it is sensible to do them sooner rather than later This chapter details how to set up the text to speech options set the system time and how to select your preferred waiting sound 8 1 Setting up the text to speech options The PLEXTALK comes with a built in text to speech system to enable you to read DAISY text only titles plain text and HTML files This section shows you how to select your preferred voice and pitch settings for the built in text to speech system 32 8 1 1 Selecting your preferred synthetic voice You are given the choice of two synthetic voices for the text to speech voice One is a female voice and the other is male To select your preferred text to speech voice do the following Reminder The Menu key is the upper left of the unit Press the Menu key once to access the Mai

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